‘Go And Sin No More’ Could Land You in Jail — Christians Warned of Criminal Charges for Criticizing LGBT Lifestyle

• ‘Go And Sin No More’ Could Land You in Jail — Christians Warned of Criminal Charges for Criticizing LGBT Lifestyle
  by Bob Unruh, https://www.wnd.com/
  Christians in the United Kingdom and Canada are being warned that foundational religious beliefs and practices soon could be criminalized under laws banning the counseling of people seeking help with unwanted sexual attraction.
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  Activists want to ban not only the so-called “conversion therapy,” they also want to prevent people from criticizing their lifestyle. And that includes a veto on the preaching and the practice of churches regarding sexuality, according to the U.K.’s Christian Institute.
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  Pastoral counseling, communion or even membership could become criminal matters. For example: “A lesbian activist visits church on a day when the minister – who knows her personally – is preaching on sexual ethics. He teaches that sex is a gift reserved for marriage between a man and a woman, and says singleness is an honorable calling. She reports this as an attempt to change or repress her sexual orientation.”
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  The institute explained that citing Jesus’ admonition to an adulterous woman to “go and sin no more” to a practicing homosexual could break the law. “The government wants to ban practices that seek to change someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. ‘Conversion therapy’ is a wide umbrella term chosen by LGBT campaigners. It covers abusive practices by quack medical practitioners and charlatan preachers which are largely illegal already,” the institute said. “But the campaigners want to go much further: they want to stop people criticizing their lifestyle or theology. A conversion therapy ban could hand them a veto on the preaching and practice of churches.”
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  Proposals in the U.K. and Canada are similar. One proponent of such laws, Rev. Steve Chalke, says “informal prayer and sermons that do not affirm LGBT identities are damaging and require government intervention.”
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  A statement from the pro-LGBT Ozanne Foundation to the prime minister said: “We urge you to ensure that the UK will not tolerate those who practice conversion therapy in any form, whether consensual or not, and that those who practice it will be prosecuted. This will have the impact of causing religious leaders to think twice, as they will be loath to risk having a criminal record that would stop them following their vocation.”
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